Edge of Frame
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A platform for experimental animation curated by Edwin Rostron
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Tickets now on sale for ‘Portals’, two programmes of experimental animation programmed by myself for London International Animation Festival 2025.
Showing at Close Up on Sat 29th and Sun 30th November, then online for 48hrs via liaf.org.uk
Tickets and programme info at liaf.org.uk/whats-on-lia...
Showing at Close Up on Sat 29th and Sun 30th November, then online for 48hrs via liaf.org.uk
Tickets and programme info at liaf.org.uk/whats-on-lia...
November 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Tickets now on sale for ‘Portals’, two programmes of experimental animation programmed by myself for London International Animation Festival 2025.
Showing at Close Up on Sat 29th and Sun 30th November, then online for 48hrs via liaf.org.uk
Tickets and programme info at liaf.org.uk/whats-on-lia...
Showing at Close Up on Sat 29th and Sun 30th November, then online for 48hrs via liaf.org.uk
Tickets and programme info at liaf.org.uk/whats-on-lia...
In 2010 I made a film called Of Unknown Origin, a short experimental animation about a paranormal researcher from the North of England and the extraordinary tape recordings he made in the 1970s….
Breaking Through
A deep dive into unknown territory
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September 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
In 2010 I made a film called Of Unknown Origin, a short experimental animation about a paranormal researcher from the North of England and the extraordinary tape recordings he made in the 1970s….
New on the Edge of Frame substack! An interview with the New York based animator Kohana Wilson on their award winning film ‘edith and the tall child’, presented here in an online premiere, plus reflections on community, queer animation and more. Don’t miss! edgeofframe.substack.com/p/kohana-wil...
July 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
New on the Edge of Frame substack! An interview with the New York based animator Kohana Wilson on their award winning film ‘edith and the tall child’, presented here in an online premiere, plus reflections on community, queer animation and more. Don’t miss! edgeofframe.substack.com/p/kohana-wil...
Collision #3 is on its way! With brand new works and gems from the last four decades, get your fix of mind expanding experimental animation here... www.closeupfilmcentre.com/film_program...
July 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Collision #3 is on its way! With brand new works and gems from the last four decades, get your fix of mind expanding experimental animation here... www.closeupfilmcentre.com/film_program...
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Close-Up Year 20. July 26th, 20h - Close-Up Cinema, London expcinema.org/site/en/even...
Close-Up Year 20
To mark the 20th anniversary of Close-Up, Andrew Vallance and Simon Payne invited filmmakers who have previously shown work at the venue to create a short film about Close-Up.
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July 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Close-Up Year 20. July 26th, 20h - Close-Up Cinema, London expcinema.org/site/en/even...
New post on the Edge of Frame Substack - on working with restrictions, constraints and what happens to be around you.
Letting Go (part two)
On restrictions, limitations and working with what's in front of you.
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June 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
New post on the Edge of Frame Substack - on working with restrictions, constraints and what happens to be around you.
An interview with acclaimed Bristol-based animator Chris Childs, about drawing, starting young and the physicality of animation - plus an exclusive premiere of their hypnotic new work 'Submerged Head'.
Chris Childs
An interview with the acclaimed Bristol-based animator about drawing, starting young and the physicality of animation - plus an exclusive premiere of their hypnotic new work 'Submerged Head'.
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May 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
An interview with acclaimed Bristol-based animator Chris Childs, about drawing, starting young and the physicality of animation - plus an exclusive premiere of their hypnotic new work 'Submerged Head'.
New post on the EoF Substack: 'Letting Go'
On losing control in the creative process, Lynch and Bacon, plus various blots and stains.
On losing control in the creative process, Lynch and Bacon, plus various blots and stains.
Letting Go
On losing control in the creative process, Lynch, Bacon, blots and stains.
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May 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
New post on the EoF Substack: 'Letting Go'
On losing control in the creative process, Lynch and Bacon, plus various blots and stains.
On losing control in the creative process, Lynch and Bacon, plus various blots and stains.
Edge of Frame presents a fresh and reviving selection of experimental animation this Wednesday evening. This is a second screening of 'Collision #2' featuring work by some of the most exciting independent animators working today. Tickets and more info via www.closeupfilmcentre.com/film_program...
April 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Edge of Frame presents a fresh and reviving selection of experimental animation this Wednesday evening. This is a second screening of 'Collision #2' featuring work by some of the most exciting independent animators working today. Tickets and more info via www.closeupfilmcentre.com/film_program...
Don't miss this second chance to catch Collision #2, a great programme of experimental animation I presented at Close Up last weekend. Featuring 11 contemporary artists using animation in bold and exciting ways. Next Wed 16th April at 8.15pm. Tickets+info at www.closeupfilmcentre.com/film_program...
April 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Don't miss this second chance to catch Collision #2, a great programme of experimental animation I presented at Close Up last weekend. Featuring 11 contemporary artists using animation in bold and exciting ways. Next Wed 16th April at 8.15pm. Tickets+info at www.closeupfilmcentre.com/film_program...
Collision #2 is a programme of experimental and independent animation from some of the most exciting artists working today. Book via www.closeupfilmcentre.com/film_program...
March 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Collision #2 is a programme of experimental and independent animation from some of the most exciting artists working today. Book via www.closeupfilmcentre.com/film_program...
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2 x Chris Reynolds is a collection of Space Food, from 1990, where sci-fi and kitchen sink collide in an uneasy fashion, and 2005's The Animals' War, where time travel proves to be less of a blessing than first thought, and the landscapes are littered with dark warnings.
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March 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
2 x Chris Reynolds is a collection of Space Food, from 1990, where sci-fi and kitchen sink collide in an uneasy fashion, and 2005's The Animals' War, where time travel proves to be less of a blessing than first thought, and the landscapes are littered with dark warnings.
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New on the EoF Substack: Tickets now on sale for the next Collision screening, plus news + links
Dispatches #5
Tickets now on sale for the next Edge of Frame screening, plus news + links
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March 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
New on the EoF Substack: Tickets now on sale for the next Collision screening, plus news + links
An interview with experimental animator Alisi Telengut, on Indigenous worldviews, straight-ahead animation, crystals, solitude and collaboration...
Alisi Telengut
An interview with experimental animator Alisi Telengut, on Indigenous worldviews, straight-ahead animation, crystals, solitude and collaboration...
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March 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
An interview with experimental animator Alisi Telengut, on Indigenous worldviews, straight-ahead animation, crystals, solitude and collaboration...
Animator Ted Wiggin shares a selection of links for you to peruse, as a complement to his recent film MIMT - including Ted’s “all-time favorite deep-cut short animated film”...
Dispatches #4: Ted Wiggin’s Recommendations
A free post with a selection of recommended viewing and reading from animator Ted Wiggin.
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March 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Animator Ted Wiggin shares a selection of links for you to peruse, as a complement to his recent film MIMT - including Ted’s “all-time favorite deep-cut short animated film”...
Ted Wiggin’s new film MIMT recalls an earlier, simpler and more hopeful era of computer animation.
Watch Ted’s film here, then check out my interview with him to find out about his unique and fascinating process + much more… edgeofframe.substack.com/p/ted-wiggin
Watch Ted’s film here, then check out my interview with him to find out about his unique and fascinating process + much more… edgeofframe.substack.com/p/ted-wiggin
Ted Wiggin
An interview with one of the most exciting and highly regarded experimental animators working today, presented alongside his outstanding new film MIMT.
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March 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ted Wiggin’s new film MIMT recalls an earlier, simpler and more hopeful era of computer animation.
Watch Ted’s film here, then check out my interview with him to find out about his unique and fascinating process + much more… edgeofframe.substack.com/p/ted-wiggin
Watch Ted’s film here, then check out my interview with him to find out about his unique and fascinating process + much more… edgeofframe.substack.com/p/ted-wiggin
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Although I know nothing about golf, this is a snippet of a new music video I animated for Rachel Goodrich via Soul Select Records // the single being a heartfelt homage to her late grandmother. You can watch the full thing here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ4A...
February 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Although I know nothing about golf, this is a snippet of a new music video I animated for Rachel Goodrich via Soul Select Records // the single being a heartfelt homage to her late grandmother. You can watch the full thing here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ4A...
New at Edge of Frame - an interview with Ted Wiggin!
Ted is one of the most exciting and highly regarded experimental animators working today, and the interview is presented alongside his outstanding new film MIMT.
Ted is one of the most exciting and highly regarded experimental animators working today, and the interview is presented alongside his outstanding new film MIMT.
Ted Wiggin
An interview with one of the most exciting and highly regarded experimental animators working today, presented alongside his outstanding new film MIMT.
edgeofframe.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
New at Edge of Frame - an interview with Ted Wiggin!
Ted is one of the most exciting and highly regarded experimental animators working today, and the interview is presented alongside his outstanding new film MIMT.
Ted is one of the most exciting and highly regarded experimental animators working today, and the interview is presented alongside his outstanding new film MIMT.
A wonderful studio visit with Ruth Hayes, looking at her amazing flipbooks, zoetropes and praxinoscopes. Video made by animators Lori Damiano and Stefan Gruber aka Time Farmers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNdI...
Time Farmers Episode 2: Ruth Hayes (Part 1: Flipbooks)
YouTube video by Time Farmers Animation
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February 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A wonderful studio visit with Ruth Hayes, looking at her amazing flipbooks, zoetropes and praxinoscopes. Video made by animators Lori Damiano and Stefan Gruber aka Time Farmers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNdI...
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I've made a bunch of short films over the years. Here's a thread of them and where you can see them!
February 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I've made a bunch of short films over the years. Here's a thread of them and where you can see them!
Collision #1 - is now sold out! The first in the new screening series from Edge of Frame, Collision will present original, daring and sensorially revitalising animation from around the world. 2nd one will be in April. More info and some thoughts on animation screenings in general here rb.gy/qea0e2
February 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Collision #1 - is now sold out! The first in the new screening series from Edge of Frame, Collision will present original, daring and sensorially revitalising animation from around the world. 2nd one will be in April. More info and some thoughts on animation screenings in general here rb.gy/qea0e2
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SPECIAL PRESENTATION - Join us Thursday 13th Feb for an exclusive TRIPLE BILL. Come watch 3 brand new shorts showcasing a unique spin on the REPLACEMENT ANIMATION technique. Every frame is a different, seamless puppet! 19:30 at IMPRINT WORKS at COAL DROPS Kings Cross, 16 Stable St, London N1C 4DR
January 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
SPECIAL PRESENTATION - Join us Thursday 13th Feb for an exclusive TRIPLE BILL. Come watch 3 brand new shorts showcasing a unique spin on the REPLACEMENT ANIMATION technique. Every frame is a different, seamless puppet! 19:30 at IMPRINT WORKS at COAL DROPS Kings Cross, 16 Stable St, London N1C 4DR
Sign up to the Edge of Frame Substack for interviews and articles about experimental and independent animation, and for news on upcoming screenings.
Edge of Frame | Edwin Rostron | Substack
A Substack about experimental animation. Click to read Edge of Frame, by Edwin Rostron, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
edgeofframe.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Sign up to the Edge of Frame Substack for interviews and articles about experimental and independent animation, and for news on upcoming screenings.
I am starting a new screening series called Collision, showing experimental and independent animation. The first screening will be on Saturday 15th February at Close Up, London.
Info + book tickets via edgeofframe.substack.com/p/new-screening-series
Info + book tickets via edgeofframe.substack.com/p/new-screening-series
January 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I am starting a new screening series called Collision, showing experimental and independent animation. The first screening will be on Saturday 15th February at Close Up, London.
Info + book tickets via edgeofframe.substack.com/p/new-screening-series
Info + book tickets via edgeofframe.substack.com/p/new-screening-series